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How domestic violence support works in Atlanta
You don't have to have a plan to call. Advocates at the National DV Hotline (1-800-799-7233, 24/7) and at Atlanta's Partnership Against Domestic Violence help people who are staying, leaving, or not sure — confidentially, in English and Spanish.
Here's how the pieces work: emergency shelters for survivors are at confidential locations; you reach them by phone, never by walking up. They fill often — if one is full, the advocate will call around for you. Protective orders are free at the county superior court, and many courthouses have an advocate's office right there. Safety planning — what to pack, where documents go, how to leave with kids — is a normal conversation advocates have every day, not a commitment.
What to expect when you call: they'll ask if you're safe to talk. You can hang up at any moment, and nothing happens without your say-so.
Ser Familia is a nonprofit that helps Latino families, youth, couples, parents, and individuals in Georgia and Puerto Rico. They offer free counseling, family and parenting programs, youth support, domestic violence services, tutoring, benefits help, and community support in Spanish and English.
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VictimConnect Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. It helps victims and survivors of any crime in the United States by phone, text, and online chat with emotional support, safety planning, information about rights, and referrals to local resources.
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BRIDGES is a Deaf-led domestic violence program in Georgia. It helps Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-deafened, DeafBlind people, and children of Deaf adults who have experienced abuse with safety planning, support, advocacy, and connections to shelter, housing, legal help, counseling, and other resources.
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The House of Globalization helps people affected by domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault. They offer counseling, education, advocacy, and help connecting people to resources so survivors can move from short-term safety toward long-term security.
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Pathways to Safety International helps Americans who face domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, or forced marriage while living or traveling outside the United States. Their 24/7 crisis line is not operating right now because of funding, but they still provide support, information, referrals, safety planning, and case help by email.
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Tranquil Life Counseling Center, LLC provides counseling and mental health services for children, teens, adults, couples, groups, and families in West Metro Atlanta. They offer therapy, assessments, supervised visitation, and school-based counseling through Paulding County schools.
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Atlanta Legal Aid Society gives free civil legal help to low-income people in metro Atlanta. They help with problems like family law, housing, consumer debt, benefits, health-related legal issues, seniors’ issues, and safety from domestic violence.
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Karibu Community Legacy is a nonprofit in Tucker that helps survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Metro Atlanta. They focus on immigrants and refugees, especially African communities, and offer safety support, counseling, legal advocacy, referrals, transportation, language access, and education.
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Tahirih Justice Center helps immigrant survivors of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual assault, forced marriage, human trafficking, and female genital cutting. They provide free and confidential legal help, social services case management, safety planning, and referrals in Atlanta and other U.S. cities.
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International Women's House is a domestic violence shelter for women and children who are escaping family violence, sexual abuse, or human trafficking. They offer a 24/7 crisis hotline, safe shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, children's support, and help with practical needs like benefits, medication, money skills, and job readiness.
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Raindrops Rising Foundation is a survivor-run group that helps people who have experienced sexual violence or human trafficking. They offer a free 24/7 call or text crisis line, survivor advocacy, referrals, on-site crisis response, relocation support, training, and awareness work.
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Raksha is a Georgia nonprofit that helps South Asian American survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other harm. They offer free, confidential support such as safety planning, case management, counseling, legal and victim advocacy, referrals, and language help.
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Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is a state agency that supports Georgia's criminal justice system and victim services. It helps victims of violent crime apply for money for medical bills, counseling, funeral costs, lost income, and other approved costs, and it also manages grants, research, human trafficking coordination, and victim-service programs across Georgia.
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Caminar Latino-Latinos United for Peace and Equity helps Latino families affected by domestic violence in the Atlanta area. They support survivors, children, youth, and people who have caused harm through safety planning, support groups, counseling, court help, family violence intervention classes, and community education.
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The Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) is a nonprofit that helps immigrants, refugees, and other under-served families in metro Atlanta, with services offered in more than 10 languages. They provide health care (including affordable dental and behavioral health counseling), immigration and citizenship help, senior and youth programs, housing and energy bill assistance, and domestic violence support. The address on file (6315 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs) could not be confirmed as a CPACS site; their main office is at 3510 Shallowford Rd NE.
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Raksha is an Atlanta nonprofit, started in 1995, that helps South Asian families who are dealing with domestic violence, sexual abuse, or family problems. They offer free, private help in many South Asian languages, including a confidential helpline, counseling, legal and immigration support, safety planning, and help finding housing, food, and other resources.
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The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (now becoming "In Safe Company") helps people in DeKalb County who are facing domestic violence or sexual assault. They run a 24-hour crisis hotline, a confidential emergency safe house, counseling and support groups, legal help with protective orders, and programs for children and elders. All services are free and confidential, and the agency welcomes everyone, including LGBTQ+ survivors.
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The National Domestic Violence Hotline is a free, confidential service that helps anyone affected by relationship abuse, 24 hours a day, every day. Trained advocates listen, help you make a safety plan, and connect you to local shelters, legal help, and counseling. You can reach them by phone, text, or online chat, in English, Spanish, and over 200 other languages.
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Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is a long-running Atlanta nonprofit that helps people who are being hurt or threatened by a partner or family member. They run a free, 24-hour crisis line and offer safe emergency shelter, counseling, safety planning, legal advocacy, support groups, and help moving into stable housing. Call any time to talk to someone and get help making a plan to stay safe.
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Alma Domestic Violence Foundation (Alma G. Davis Foundation) helps survivors of domestic violence across metro Atlanta rebuild their lives. They offer counseling, safety planning, advocacy and legal help, plus job training, job placement, and financial literacy to help survivors become financially independent. They also run prevention programs in schools and coordinate shelter placement.
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